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CLA Phonology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a phoneme?

a)

the smallest unit of sound

b)

a blend of phone and meme

c)

a single letter

d)

the volume of your voice

2.

p b t d k g are all examples of...

a)

plosives

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

3.

th sh f s are examples of...

a)

plosives

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

4.

ch (as in church) and dg (as in judge) are...

a)

plosives

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

5.

What is a glottal stop?

a)

a combination of a plosive and a fricative

b)

how you make an L sound

c)

making a fricative sound last a long time

d)

closing vocal cords instead of pronouncing a T

6.
What sound does it represent?
a)
TH as in "that"
b)
TH as in "think"
c)
TH as in "both"
d)
TH as in "Math"
7.
IPA stands for
a)
Interval Pronunciation Association
b)
International Phoneme Alphabet
c)
International Phonetic Alphabet
d)
International Phonetic Association
8.

Which place of articulation is furthest back in the mouth?

a)

labio-dental

b)

alveolar

c)

bilabial

d)

velar

9.

Which sounds are in the 'early 8'?

a)

g f ch

b)

sh th r

c)

m d n p

10.

Fricatives are harder for children than plosives

a)

true

b)

false

11.

What is the term for when a child finds it difficult to pronounce a liquid 'l 'or 'r' sound and uses an approximant instead (w or y)

a)

stopping

b)

fronting

c)

gliding

12.

What is 'fronting'?

a)

using a sound further forward in the mouth than the one needed

b)

using an approximant instead of a liquid sound

c)

using a plosive instead of a fricative

13.

Why do children simplify sounds by 'stopping'?

a)

they have no teeth

b)

they find it difficult to release air in a steady stream

c)

they find it difficult to make consonants at the back of the mouth

14.

What would you call this phonological simplification technique "babbit" for rabbit

a)

unstressed syllable deletion

b)

consonant cluster reductions

c)

reduplication

d)

consonant harmony

15.

What's it called when a child adds a vowel sound within a consonant cluster to make it easier to say (eg buloo for blue)

a)

assimilation

b)

epenthesis

c)

substitution

d)

reduplication

16.

What's it called when a child says 'nana' for banana or 'tended' for pretended?

a)

consonant harmony

b)

unstressed syllable deletion

c)

consonant cluster reduction

d)

final consonant deletion

17.

What can we call it when the child says 'bikit for biscuit or 'seep' for sleep or 'kirrel' for squirrel?

a)

final consonant deletion

b)

unstressed syllable deletion

c)

consonant cluster reduction

d)

substitution

18.

What is this symbol called

a)

schwing

b)

schwepps

c)

schwa

d)

schwoon

19.

How do we write the sound underlined in these words in the IPA:

vision, genre, treasure,

a)

ʃ

b)

θ

c)

ʒ

d)

ŋ

20.

What does this say: tʃɔk

a)

shock

b)

stork

c)

chick

d)

chalk